The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-02-05
A.Minter Picnic.

A.Winter Picnic.
What? a picnic, a fishing excursion and
night in the woods i'll February? Why
not? The air was balmy, the budding for
est INVITED our coming and only the calen-
dar. and not the weather, reminded us that
i. was not May but February. We We're a
party often. six ladies and four gentlemen:
Mrs. d. NJ. Shclars, Misses Ida, Genie and
Georgia Stubs, Misses Birdie aud Mamie
Richardson, and Messrs. D. NJ. Sholars, r.
b. Bently, Robt. Flournoy and Yancey
Logan. a ride of two hours. and on the
banks Of Black Bayou, fast becoming u
famous winter fishing resort, our tent was
pitched. In front of this, as darkness was
coming on, a roaring fire of logs supplied
the light for spreading the picnic dinner,
and the Goals, wherein were cooked, fresh
from the bayou, trout. speckled perch and
brim. How well we dined only those
whom fortune has similarly favored can
readily attest. The table cleared and the
cigar finished. the inviting tones OF VIC
lin called, son With the Dance" when by
the light of the moon and beneath the for
ests primeval oak, for happy half hour,
sail went merry as wedding bell.'' Then
with the cards, happy voices continually
blending in song, stories we'll told, and a
recitation that would have held larger
but not a moro appreciative audience, only
too soon was the night half gone. We were
up with the sun, and at once was fishing
begun in earnest. AS to our success it is
only necessary to say that young ladies
who had not before cast line, achieved
results that would have been a delight to
veteran sportsmen. As u feast, our break
fast at IL was only equaled by our dinner
of the preceding day. AT we were at
home again. Should your readers desire
the enjoyment Of similar excursion, We
advise that they wait not for summer with
its heat and other disadvantages incident
to that season, but go in the autumn, the
winter, or in early spring.
Two Fly Colored Criminals Coralled.
Tuesday evening a negro sailing under
numerous cognomens, to-wit: John Par
goud alias John Henry alias John WASH
ington, was arrested by officer McMahon
for firing u pistol on the streets of Monroe.
He was carried before his honor. Robt. H.
Endom, city rec order, who fined him $40
and cost. John only had S. 90 and wanted
his liberty. This induced him to offer a
diamond lace pin as security for the bal
ance of the fine. The offer was accepted
and the pin produced, but alas for John
with the many aliases, he did not obtain
his freedom. The pin proved to be one
stolen from Mrs. Florsheim of Shreveport
some time in December. 1t was valued at
$50 90. A reward of 325 90 had been Of
tered for it's recovery, and officer Mcmahon,
recognized it from the description given
and at once notified the authorities at
Shreveport that he had the pin and the
thief. Officers Carter and Wharton, of the
Shreveport police force, arrived yesterday
morning and departed on the evenings
train with their prisoner. John jumped
out of the frying pan into the fire.
While here Messrs. Carter and Wharton
made another important arrest, killing two
birds with one stone, as it were. Several
days ago a negro, Jim Faulkner, sold eight
bales Of cotton i'll Shreveport belonging to
ono Bryant George and appropriated the
proceeds to his own use. He shook tho
dust of Shreveport off his feet and unfor-
tunately for him, stopped in his flight, at
this place.
Messrs. Carter and Wharton encountred
him. at the train hero yesterday. They
arrested him Immediately and carried him
back! to Shreveport. Faulkner was well
dressed, had a 800 in his pocket and pro-
tested vehemently against being interferred
with. He went back to Shreveport just
the same.
River News.